Macdara Kelleher
IRELAND, 2008
Contact
Fastnet Films
75-76 Camden Street Lwr, 1st floor
Dublin 2
Tel. +353 1- 4789 566
Fax +353 1- 4789 567
email
www.fastnetfilms.com
Macdara Kelleher
Background
Dublin-born producer Macdara Kelleher received a BA in English Literature and Classical Studies from University College Dublin in 1998 and, a year later, graduated with an MA in Film from the Dublin Institute of Technology. In 2003, he was appointed Managing Director of Fastnet Films, a company which he now co-owns with acclaimed Irish writer/director Lance Daly. Macdara has produced five feature films, several documentaries, series and short films. In 2004, he produced THE HALO EFFECT, starring Stephen Rea, which was premiered as the closing gala at the Dublin Film Festival in that year. THE HALO EFFECT was distributed by Buena Vista International and sold throughout the world.
Most recently, Macdara produced the first Irish-Kosovar co-production, Brendan Grant's TONIGHT IS CANCELLED and Lance Daly's third feature film KISSES, a co-production with Denmark's Zentropa and Film I Väst, Sweden. He is a member of the ACE European producers network, Screen Producers Ireland, and a graduate of the EAVE producers training programme.
Dublin-born producer Macdara Kelleher received a BA in English Literature and Classical Studies from University College Dublin in 1998 and, a year later, graduated with an MA in Film from the Dublin Institute of Technology. In 2003, he was appointed Managing Director of Fastnet Films, a company which he now co-owns with acclaimed Irish writer/director Lance Daly. Macdara has produced five feature films, several documentaries, series and short films. In 2004, he produced THE HALO EFFECT, starring Stephen Rea, which was premiered as the closing gala at the Dublin Film Festival in that year. THE HALO EFFECT was distributed by Buena Vista International and sold throughout the world.
Most recently, Macdara produced the first Irish-Kosovar co-production, Brendan Grant's TONIGHT IS CANCELLED and Lance Daly's third feature film KISSES, a co-production with Denmark's Zentropa and Film I Väst, Sweden. He is a member of the ACE European producers network, Screen Producers Ireland, and a graduate of the EAVE producers training programme.
